Jack Cassinetto

Jack Thomas Cassinetto (March 26, 1944 - January 4, 2018, Sonora, California) was a prolific California plein air performer of the tonalism pursuit who painted primarily Northern California landscapes such as Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, the Gold Country, the Northern California Coast, and the American River and Sacramento River.

Cassinetto was born upon March 26, 1944 in Sonora, California to Ben and Mary Sardella Cassinetto, both scions of pioneering families from Genoa, Italy. In 1966, he earned his BA in Art and English from California State University, Sacramento. He earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Northern Colorado in 1972.

As a minor artist, he dabbled in sculpture, pottery, jewelry making and watercolor. He had painted all his adult life. His play was exclusively oil painting until 2008, and generally on boards. All operate after 2008 is acrylic. His subjects were mostly Northern California landscapes from regions such as Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, the Northern California Coast, the American River, the Sacramento River, the Gold Country, and other locations in this area.

Aside from monster an artist, he had compound occupations throughout his life, including that of visceral a commodities broker, a assistant in the relatives business, a teacher, a Sonora City Councilman and Mayor of Sonora (1986-1994). As Mayor, he had always been pro-development and pro-growth:

He was first married to Betty Jean Carter. Their unaccompanied child, Paul, was born in 1968. Jack spent the last 35 years of his life considering his second wife, Connie Sue Clark, an award-winning photographer. He died in his sleep on January 4, 2018.

Jack Cassinetto was a plein air painter of the tonalism movement, "one of the finest artists of his become old and genre." He often used reclaimed arts and crafts framing or primeval furniture in his work. His influences included Granville Redmond, Xavier Martinez, Gottardo Piazzoni and Arthur Frank Mathews.

His ham it up has been displayed at galleries such as Christopher Queen Galleries, New Masters Gallery, Ventana Gallery, Chapman Gallery, Wendt Gallery, Lisa Coscino Gallery, California Art Gallery, Meyer Gallery, Endenhurst and Morseburg Galleries, Sagebrush Gallery, Claypoole - Freese Gallery, James Harold Galleries, Clars Auction Galleries, The Craftsman Galleries, Thomas Reynolds Gallery, The Marine Gallery, The Main Gallery, Gregory Kondos Art Gallery, and First Street Galleries.

Cassinetto's feint has been featured in publications including American Art Review (2004), Plein Air Magazine (June 2004), Southwest Art (October 2002), American Bungalow, and The Artists' Bluebook (2005). His play a part has been displayed at the Pacific Grove Art Institute (1995), San Joaquin Delta College (2008), Pasadena Historical Museum (2000) and the Alburquerque Museum (2003, 2004, 2005).